An RT-PCR test has been conducted on the passenger. Further details are awaited.
Experts and senior officials had stressed on the need for continued surveillance even though they highlighted there was no overall increase in the Covid cases as of now.
The government may abolish the mandate that requires international passengers to upload their Covid-19 vaccine certificate before traveling to India.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviys also said that any passenger from these countries found symptomatic or testing positive for coronavirus would be quarantined
In view of this, it said, health minister Tanaji Sawant directed all the districts to follow a five-point program -- test, track, treat, vaccinate and (ensure) COVID-19 appropriate behaviour.
The Centre in a letter to Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana has said upcoming festivals and mass congregations in different parts of the country may potentially facilitate transmission...
Anil Vij, Haryana's Health Minister, responded Thursday to a sudden increase in Covid cases in some countries by urging people to wear masks in crowded places and use hand sanitizer.
Four districts comprised the majority of new cases with Chennai adding 516, Chengalpet 269, Cuddalore 178, Tiruvallur 104 while the remaining was spread across other districts.
Bhushan said the three-pronged genomic surveillance strategy should be implemented by states and UTs. Also, positive samples from large clusters or outbreaks...
Delhi Capitals physio Patrick Farhart was infected with COVID last week and is currently in isolation. Farhart is also the first COVID positive case of IPL...
As reported by PTI on Monday, an overseas Delhi Capitals player tested positive for COVID-19. DC physio Patrick Farhart had earlier tested positive for the...
A two-member panel formed by the Calcutta High Court to monitor adherence to COVID-19 norms at the fair had inspected the preparations since Wednesday.
With the new cases, the state's caseload reached 8,96,894, while the death of five patients - one each in Ahmedabad, Surat, Valsad, Rajkot and Bhavnagar - took...
As India copes with an Omicron driven explosion in numbers, the spotlight is on laboratories that are pulling out all the stops to ensure they are able to...
Arunachal Pradesh has been witnessing a spurt in coronavirus infections since January 4 with 340 new Covid-19 cases reported so far.
Nagaland Chief Secretary J Alam has ordered night curfews from 9 pm to 5 am from Sunday and restriction on mass gatherings to 50 per cent of the capacity of...
“Symptomatic patients are advised to strictly go for home isolation for seven days while those who are asymptomatic need to complete five-day home isolation....
The spike in cases was driven by Bengaluru Urban which contributed 6,812 infections and three deaths. Other districts including Mysuru, Dakshina Kannada,...
Earlier in the day, Jain had told reporters that Omicron accounted for 84 per cent of the latest Covid samples tested.
Before organising any such event, information regarding the same will have to be uploaded on a web portal developed by the DoIT, it added.
In a letter to all chief secretaries, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan and ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said any individual having fever...
On December 24, the civic administration had made RT-PCR tests mandatory for passengers landing here from Dubai, which has now been extended to the entire UAE,...
The minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian said 12 people detected with the Omicron variant in the state have been discharged from hospitals in...
T K Anil Kumar said the primary and secondary contacts should be identified within 24 hours of reporting of COVID positive case.
Seven of these eight persons were vaccinated against coronavirus and their swab samples were taken for testing in the first week of December, it said.
